12 - The Cicadas' Hum Rings Out on a Summer Afternoon

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    Summer, 1924
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    Where are you going for summer vacation?
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    My father bought a yacht,
    so we'll probably go on a cruise.
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    Lucky!
[00:41] ---
    Going to the ocean would be great.
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    Our summer house is up in the highlands...
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    Summer vacation, huh?
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    I won't be able to go back to Japan
    for another two months.
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    Summer travel, huh? They're so lucky.
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    There you are! Kujo!
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    Want to go to the Mediterranean?
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    The Mediterranean? You mean... the sea?
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    Yeah! My grandmother
    has a summer home there.
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    She said I could bring a friend.
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    But she said it has to be
    someone well-mannered!
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    So, well... if you want to...
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    Sure, I'd love to go!
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    B-But wait a minute.
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    Oh, sure.
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    That heat really takes it out of you!
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    There you are, Victorique!
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    Huh?
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    You didn't bring a case?
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    Wh-Where'd that come from?
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    Of course not. I wanted to talk--
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    Any sweets?
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    No, none of those, either.
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    Then you came here without
    bringing me a single thing?
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    Haven't you started thinking
    highly of yourself, Kujo?
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    Go bring me sweets from the lower world.
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    And until you find a type of sweet
    that will satisfy me,
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    you must do it over and over.
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    Then we'll talk.
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    Fine!
[02:17] ---
    I'll bring you some sweets
    from the Mediterranean Sea!
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    That fool.
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    It seemed like it had been decided long before
[02:48] ---
    It seemed like we knew long ago
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    As if we followed an invisible line
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    We were led to each other,
    to an intersecting saison
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    Like how light and dark
    are two sides of the same coin
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    I was captivated by mystification
[03:17] ---
    When I turned around toward the voice
    that whispered in my ear
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    The door had opened before I realized
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    Like joining a little chance with inevitability
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    Two histoires were set into motion, ah
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    Continuing on forever
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    They're all fools.
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    Lying around and
    busying about in this heat...
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    And Kujo wins the grand prize
    for foolishness.
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    He's so transparent.
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    Coming here with no case and no presents.
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    And looking so happy...
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    I don't even need my wellspring of
    wisdom to see right through him!
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    He's a fool! A fool!
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    Burning his skin in the toxic sunlight,
    exposing it for all to see...
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    He'd be better...
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    ...better off...
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    ...staying here with me.
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    Hurry! Hurry!
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    W-Wait up, Avril!
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    Mama!
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    Kujo, hurry!
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    Sorry!
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    I can't go, after all.
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    Why not?
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    Victorique is at the school.
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    If it were me, I'd be pretty lonely
    while everyone else went on vacation.
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    That's why.
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    Sorry.
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    I see.
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    What can you do?
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    You're so considerate, Kujo.
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    Yeah, I understand.
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    I really am sorry.
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    No problem. I'll bring you back a souvenir.
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    And one for Victorique, too.
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    Maybe I'll get some matching
    linen shirts for the two of you!
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    Shirts?
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    I'm not sure...
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    Victorique prefers complicated stuff
    covered in frills.
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    Oh?
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    That's weird taste for a boy...
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    Oh, she's a girl.
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    A... A girl?
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    Episode 12: The Cicadas' Hum
    Rings Out on a Summer Afternoon
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    This sunlight...
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    The words aren't reaching my brain.
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    This is a discovery.
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    Even a boring book like this
    can be put to use quite well.
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    What are you doing, Victorique?
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    K-K-Kujo!
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    Y-Y-You...
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    Didn't you leave?!
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    Here. It's a parasol.
[07:05] ---
    I bought it for you.
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    I didn't need this.
[07:11] ---
    I'd finally discovered
    a revolutionary way of reading books.
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    And I stopped by the post office
    and picked up a package from Japan.
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    First, here!
[07:24] ---
    What are these?
[07:26] ---
    Gemstones?
[07:27] ---
    They're candy. Artisinal candy.
[07:36] ---
    And my second brother
    replied to your last letter.
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    I don't know if you remember, but...
[07:54] ---
    "Turn the attacker's power on them...
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    ...like this...
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    Then get into their space..."
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    What are you reading?
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    It's a magazine they sent from Japan.
[08:05] ---
    It's called Monthly Toughs.
[08:07] ---
    It sounds like a dangerous name.
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    I'm the third son of an imperial soldier.
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    Even if I'm off in Saubure,
    I can't neglect my daily training.
[08:16] ---
    You know?
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    This one.
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    Is this a science book?
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    Yeah.
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    My oldest brother is a real tough guy,
    but my second oldest brother is smart.
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    I can't beat either of them.
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    Here.
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    What's this book?
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    Tell your brother to solve this riddle
    in five minutes or less.
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    What is it?
[08:41] ---
    Rearrange it to create another running horse.
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    Another horse?
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    If he's as smart as you say,
    this should be easy for him.
[08:57] ---
    It looks like he's replying to that.
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    It clearly took him more than five minutes.
[09:03] ---
    Well, you sent it by boat...
[09:05] ---
    Oh... hey!
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    The white part forms a horse!
[09:10] ---
    I get it!
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    Wow!
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    That's really thinking from
    a different angle, huh?
[09:17] ---
    That's really neat!
[09:19] ---
    What's this? He wrote a letter, too.
[09:22] ---
    Let's see...
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    "This was super easy.
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    I solved it in three minutes.
    Tell your little girl that."
[09:31] ---
    That's what he said.
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    That's weird.
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    My second brother and my sister,
    who sent the kimono before,
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    both seem to think you're a child.
[09:41] ---
    Well, you certainly are childish!
[09:47] ---
    That hurt!
[09:48] ---
    Darn it...
[09:50] ---
    Hey, there's something written
    on the corner of the page.
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    It's in my sister Ruri's handwriting!
[09:56] ---
    "Our brother was stewing over your puzzle.
[09:58] ---
    He spent every night groaning
    with nightmares about horses.
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    He went crying to his math teacher
    and had him solve it."
[10:08] ---
    Well, it seems I won this time.
[10:12] ---
    But, you know, these colors
    do not spark the appetite.
[10:16] ---
    You don't like them?
[10:17] ---
    I'll take them back, then.
[10:19] ---
    But regardless, I will accept them.
[10:22] ---
    Just try to bring better sweets next time.
[10:25] ---
    Sure thing. You got it.
[10:34] ---
    Hey, aren't you going back yet?
[11:10] ---
    Being with Victorique like this...
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    Even my brothers,
    who used to seem so scary,
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    suddenly seem kind of cute.
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    It's hot here in summer,
    just like in Japan.
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    But I feel like something's different.
[11:35] ---
    Summers in Saubure
    lack the chorus of cicadas.
[11:43] ---
    Kazuya is weak because you
    didn't raise him right!
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    Forgive me.
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    And you always cover for him!
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    Forgive me.
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    Don't let it bother you, Kazuya.
[12:04] ---
    I don't want you to become
    like Father and our brothers.
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    All covered in hair,
    pointlessly eating like a pig,
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    with a pointlessly diamond-shaped face...
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    It creeps me out to even think
    of you turning out that way!
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    Doesn't it, Mother?
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    Oh, Ruri...
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    I wish Kazuya had been born a girl!
[12:23] ---
    He could play *otedama
    *and wear pretty clothes.
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    Right?
[12:26] ---
    Do you think so?
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    Kazuya's always so kind.
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    That's something you can't do
    without being strong.
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    I think Kazuya is very manly.
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    That summer in my memory...
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    Mother always protected me.
[12:44] ---
    And yet, I went to Saubure...
[12:45] ---
    Have fun!
[12:49] ---
    Banzai!
[12:50] ---
    Banzai!
[12:53] ---
    Banzai!
[12:54] ---
    Do your best, okay?
[12:55] ---
    Banzai!
[12:57] ---
    Take care!
[13:01] ---
    I went to Saubure like I was
    running away from it all.
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    I-I fell asleep...
[13:15] ---
    Wh-What is it?
[13:17] ---
    You could have called if you needed me.
[13:19] ---
    You seemed to be trying
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    to reorganize some trivial chaos
    with your trivial mind.
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    W-Wait!
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    Victorique!
[13:30] ---
    Your books! Your books!
[14:10] ---
    Good morning, Kujo!
[14:12] ---
    Good morning.
[14:15] ---
    What's with the Oriental clothing?
[14:18] ---
    Hey, something smells good.
[14:20] ---
    Well, there's no one else here.
[14:23] ---
    Why don't I give you something special?
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    Hey, Victorique!
[14:30] ---
    Where are you?
[14:32] ---
    Our dorm mother baked us an orange cake!
[14:35] ---
    No complaints here, right?
[14:38] ---
    Come out!
[14:39] ---
    Here, kitty kitty...
[14:45] ---
    I get it, Victorique!
[14:47] ---
    You can't get down from the tree.
[14:50] ---
    Right?
[14:51] ---
    Should I get you down?
[14:54] ---
    Because then we can eat together!
[14:57] ---
    Not now.
[14:58] ---
    Leave it there and go.
[14:59] ---
    But what about mine?
[15:01] ---
    Leave! It! There! And! Go!
[15:04] ---
    Fine...
[15:07] ---
    Later.
[15:23] ---
    Oh? What a delicious-looking cake!
[15:28] ---
    But whose is it?
[15:30] ---
    Hey! Whose cake is this?
[15:32] ---
    Are you here?
[15:37] ---
    I guess they aren't here!
[15:41] ---
    It smells delicious!
[15:43] ---
    I'll eat it so it doesn't go to waste!
[15:49] ---
    It's so good!
[15:51] ---
    Having to stay at school
    instead of going on a trip...
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    I hated it at first...
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    ...but I guess it has its perks!
[16:03] ---
    Oh?
[16:04] ---
    But summer's just begun...
[16:08] ---
    Orange seeds...
[16:10] ---
    Oh, this would be even better with tea...
[16:13] ---
    That was delicious! What a treat!
[16:16] ---
    I'll wash the plate and return it!
[16:27] ---
    Monthly Toughs
[16:28] ---
    How am I supposed to read
    all these magazines?
[16:31] ---
    To Kazuya
[16:31] ---
    Huh? There's another letter in here...
[16:35] ---
    "I challenge you"?
[16:36] ---
    Is this for Victorique?
[16:39] ---
    He's so immature.
[16:43] ---
    I hope Victorique made it back to her room.
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    Victorique?
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    I knew it!
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    Victorique!
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    Darn it... You really
    can't get down, can you?
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    You stubborn girl!
[17:30] ---
    Here. Jump down and I'll catch you.
[17:33] ---
    I... I can't.
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    Just jump down already!
[17:45] ---
    Y-You jumped down feet first?
    Who does that?
[17:50] ---
    Who cares.
[17:51] ---
    Wait!
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    Victorique! Your parasol!
[18:00] ---
    Victorique? Are you okay?
[18:02] ---
    Can you get changed all by yourself?
[18:05] ---
    Shut up!
[18:07] ---
    Fine, fine...
[18:12] ---
    Hey, I guess she did like them.
[18:24] ---
    Victorique?
[18:26] ---
    What's wrong? Is that tea?
[18:28] ---
    No way... Can you make tea?
[18:32] ---
    D-Don't talk to me.
    I'll get distracted.
[18:35] ---
    I don't believe it.
[18:36] ---
    Victorique, who can't even
    tie her own shoelaces...
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    She made tea?
[18:50] ---
    Hey, now. Don't move.
[18:52] ---
    I'll clean it up now.
[18:56] ---
    Really, you're so helpless.
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    Why did you try to make tea?
[19:02] ---
    Did you...?
[19:04] ---
    Did you make tea for me?
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    Kujo!
[19:11] ---
    Kneel! I won't let you wipe it up!
[19:16] ---
    Slurp it all up there
    on your hands and knees!
[19:23] ---
    No!
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    It flashed again.
[19:32] ---
    When I was a kid, I was afraid of lightning.
[19:36] ---
    My brothers laughed at me.
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    My father would get angry.
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    Did you conquer your fear of lightning?
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    Yeah, because Dad
    didn't just get mad at me,
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    he got mad at Mom when I got scared.
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    Your mother...
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    Nothing.
[19:57] ---
    Oh, that's right.
[19:58] ---
    My second oldest brother
    sent you this challenge.
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    Let's see...
[20:02] ---
    "If you can't solve this in
    three seconds, you stink," it says.
[20:07] ---
    What a reckless man.
[20:09] ---
    I accept his challenge. Read it.
[20:11] ---
    Let's see.
[20:12] ---
    "Taro-kaja, Jiro-kaja, and
    Saburo-kaja went to a mountain."
[20:16] ---
    Wait, wait, wait!
[20:17] ---
    What's with those names?
[20:19] ---
    I hear you.
[20:20] ---
    Let me adjust it.
[20:23] ---
    Let's see.
[20:24] ---
    "Jean, Phil, and Pierre went to a mountain.
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    The three of them were supposed
    to carry three logs down at once.
[20:30] ---
    That's what the tono--"
    I mean, "the baron ordered.
[20:34] ---
    But the logs were too long
    for one man to carry alone."
[20:37] ---
    They sound like weaklings.
[20:38] ---
    You're one to talk.
[20:41] ---
    Let's see.
[20:42] ---
    "That's when Pierre remembered.
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    The baron ordered them each
    to carry two logs at once."
[20:50] ---
    "The three of them did as they were told,
    and got the logs down the mountain safely.
[20:55] ---
    So, the question is, how did they carry them?"
[21:00] ---
    I solved it! I solved it!
[21:02] ---
    In an instant! Less than one second!
[21:05] ---
    There is nothing my wellspring
    of wisdom cannot do!
[21:08] ---
    W-Wait a minute.
[21:09] ---
    What's with the triangle?
[21:12] ---
    They did it like this.
[21:14] ---
    They carried the logs down in a triangle.
[21:17] ---
    Jean, Phil, and Pierre
    each stood at one corner.
[21:21] ---
    They each held one in
    their left and right hands.
[21:25] ---
    That's how three men could
    each carry two logs.
[21:30] ---
    I see!
[21:31] ---
    Now that you've explained it...
[21:33] ---
    I can solve a riddle from your
    second brother in one second.
[21:38] ---
    Yeah, you're really amazing!
[21:41] ---
    But...
[21:44] ---
    Although I don't like to admit it,
    you can climb trees better than I can.
[21:49] ---
    This school is full of
    children from wealthy houses.
[21:53] ---
    I doubt any of them can
    climb better than you can.
[21:56] ---
    Yeah. But my big brothers...
[21:59] ---
    It's possible that your brothers
    can climb better than you.
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    But they aren't here at this school.
[22:06] ---
    When we first met, you told me something.
[22:09] ---
    "I'm the third son of an imperial soldier."
[22:12] ---
    Y-Y-Yeah.
[22:14] ---
    I find that phrasing deeply unpleasant.
[22:18] ---
    I praise you for saying it
    less often, as of late.
[22:21] ---
    Victorique!
[22:24] ---
    Kujo, the rain's let up.
[22:36] ---
    Was that Victorique's way
    of encouraging me?
[22:44] ---
    Tomorrow I'll go out into town
    and buy her some sweets.
[22:48] ---
    Maybe some of the macarons
    Victorique likes so much.
[22:51] ---
    And then...
[22:53] ---
    Summer in Saubure...
[22:55] ---
    Summer in Saubure,
    without the hum of cicadas...
[22:59] ---
    I'll spend it together with Victorique.
[23:02] ---
    Loneliness fighting back again
[23:05] ---
    Seems to be like it never ends
[23:09] ---
    Give us hope through the love of
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    Peaceful shine on me
[23:25] ---
    In the pounding rain that never ceases
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    I have forgotten how to smile,
    and I suffer as the world passes me by
[23:39] ---
    If in the midst of conflict and deceit
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    My heart withers
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    Like a flower floating in turbulent waves
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    Lead the way and overcome the storm
[24:08] ---
    Like you're stepping firmly on barren earth
[24:16] ---
    Go ahead, you can walk straight forward
[24:33] ---
    I promised to go see a movie with Avril!
[24:37] ---
    Isn't that nice? I hope you have fun, Kujo!
[24:44] ---
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